HOW TO USE A SYNTHESIZER: PART I (BEGINNERS/BASICS)

I had the pleasure of borrowing an awesome modular synthesizer for about a week, so I decided it would be the perfect platform to teach basic analog subtractive synthesis in. I will probably follow up this video with at least one or two more on keyboard-style synths and/or software synths to really give the bigger picture on how to use any synth. Hope it was helpful to you, leave a comment with your thoughts or further tips/suggestions for any synth beginners!

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Terms you should know
2:26 - Amplifiers (VCAs)
3:26 - Oscillators (VCOs)
4:55 - First patch & wave shapes (VCO - VCA)
8:22 - Low frequency oscillators (LFOs)
8:58 - Second patch & pitch modulation (LFO - VCO - VCA)
11:15 - Third patch & pulse width modulation (LFO - VCO - VCA)
12:16 - Mixer & filters (VCFs)
13:08 - Lowpass filter
13:53 - Fourth patch & filter cutoff/resonance (VCO - VCF - VCA)
15:29 - Self-oscillating filters
16:56 - More filter types (highpass, bandpass, notch)
18:59 - Filter slopes (dB/oct & poles)
21:09 - Envelope generators (EGs/ADSR)
21:55 - Envelope routed to filter
22:05 - Fifth patch (VCO - EG - VCF - VCA)
25:14 - Envelope routed to amplifier
25:58 - Sixth patch (VCO - EG - VCA)
26:16 - So many mod sources and destinations!
26:34 - Seventh patch (VCO - LFO - VCF - VCA)
27:00 - Eighth patch (VCO - LFO - VCA)
27:28 - Monophonic vs. paraphonic vs. polyphonic
30:15 - Wrapping things up